Too old?! Absolutely not!
I'd go with an acoustic as it's about as simple as you can get... no wires/batteries/amps to worry about; for the price of an electric all in with the goodies etc you could buy a very nice acoustic. But that's just me (I already have all of that other stuff for 2 bass guitars).
The only important thing to remember is how much time you spend learning to play. Unless you are tone deaf, the more hours you put in the more you will get out of playing an instrument.
Start simple, but learn to play what you like to listen to. Have a few basic lessons (or buy a chord book etc) and before you know it the basics will have become second nature and the more advanced stuff will follow in due course.

I'd go with an acoustic as it's about as simple as you can get... no wires/batteries/amps to worry about; for the price of an electric all in with the goodies etc you could buy a very nice acoustic. But that's just me (I already have all of that other stuff for 2 bass guitars).
The only important thing to remember is how much time you spend learning to play. Unless you are tone deaf, the more hours you put in the more you will get out of playing an instrument.
Start simple, but learn to play what you like to listen to. Have a few basic lessons (or buy a chord book etc) and before you know it the basics will have become second nature and the more advanced stuff will follow in due course.
